San Francisco pals Thee Oh Sees and The Fresh & Onlys, who both made an appearance at the Woodsist/CT Fest on July 4th, are touring this fall. Their tour dates include NYC shows at the Bell House on Friday, October 9th and a Mercury Lounge show the day before on Thursday, October 8th. Tickets to the Mercury Lounge show are now on AmEx presale. General sale starts Friday, July 10th at noon. No Bell House tix yet.

Thee Oh Sees' next NYC appearance will be on Saturday, July 18th when they play as part of the free Siren Festival in Coney Island. To be more exact, they'll be playing on The Stillwell Stage at 3:30 PM. Siren's set times were just announced. Check them out below.

In addition to the July 4th show, Thee Oh Sees also played a July 2nd gig at Glasslands....

John Dwyer...pulled some serious rock moves [July 2nd] during a short and sweaty Oh Sees set: chomped microphones, climbed stacks, cut his knee open, and smashed the fuck out of that lovely green flood light with the headstock of his guitar.

But before all this happened, me and about twenty other people got approached by some circling van cops and told to produce IDs. Never a good sign, right? We all got summonses for "blocking the bike lane" outside Glasslands! I don't know about anyone else, but in my case, unless that bike lane is on the sidewalk thirty feet away from the venue entrance, that's bullshit. Damned quotas... they smelled blood when they saw a congregation gathered on an otherwise empty stretch of Kent and cruised down looking to bust people. They got someone for open container early, but the rest was just crap.

Worst of all, the cops tried to make it sound like it was the people using the bike lane that complained about the crowd, but no one was in the street until the NYPD showed up and started taking peoples' IDs!" [Chief]

MGMT played Glasslands on July 4th. A video from Thee Oh Sees' Woodsist Fest set, and all Siren set times, below...

cops doing bullshit like that in a area where it seem suitable for a prison is bullshit. area is isolated from many places that weren't opened. these dick head cops should be circling brownsville or another impoverish area in brooklyn to prevent violent crimes from happening, not going after indie kids who are right outside an desolated venue. i was there, and it did get extremely crowded by the time the beets finished and before golden triangle came out, at that point and majority of people inside went outside--it was pretty hot in there. certain cops just want to make a name for themselves and could give a shit about the people they target. nonetheless, where are the pictures for the july 2nd show, bv?

"influential rocker David Bowie praised the band in several media outlets, declaring their first single "Genius." "

"Many critics have compared them to punk forefathers The Ramones and the Stooges but they are also favorably linked to post-punk stalwarts like the Pixies, DEVO, Sonic Youth, and Wire. While it is unlikely that most of these bands have a direct influence, critics seem to be responding to the lo-fi DIY aesthetic."

if you're coming from new jerzzzy and you get off at 4 i would highly recommend parking in jersey city and doing a PATH -> SUBWAY kinda thing. that way you dont have to gamble on bridge tunnel traffic, the BQE, or parking.

Grove st PATH station to 14th get to Union Square and take the Q. probably save you from a migraine and some time to boot

anyone else just not very into japandroids? sounds very cold and mechanical, like a poor man's no age or something. bear hands is brethren of MGMT and we are fucking scientists (vomit), that's an easy ticket to me not listening to you ever.

6:12
I can't tell if your trying to be ironing or you are cereal.
There is nothing more sickening than ignorant rich jerks complaining about there right to party being infringed upon. Time to pay your fare share.

9:43 -- Siren is notorious for having the worst sound ever. It's a disgrace, really, considering that it's organized by a supposedly professional organization and not by a bunch of 17 year-olds from the neighborhood. Totally amateur sound system, completely unsuited to the size of the event. (Oh, and the sightlines are atrocious too -- the stage is usually ridiculously low for an event of this scale.)

So if your aim is to hear, see, and enjoy musicians playing music, don't go. The only way not to be disappointed is to expect nothing but a hot, sticky, crowded day outdoors with your friends. Going to Siren for the actual MUSIC is hopeless.